Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Seoul
Competitors	328 (223 men and 105 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Carolyn Waldo
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 5 Total 10
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1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 328 competitors, 223 men and 105 women, took part in 193 events in 23 sports. Most Canadians remember this the Olympics for Ben Johnson, who won the gold medal and set a world record in the men's 100 metres, before being disqualified and his record deleted after he tested positive for stanozolol.

Medalists

Gold

• Lennox Lewis — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight
• Carolyn Waldo — Synchronized swimming, Women's Solo
• Carolyn Waldo and Michelle Cameron — Synchronized swimming, Women's Duet

Silver

• Egerton Marcus — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Mark Tewksbury, Victor Davis, Sandy Goss, and Tom Ponting — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Bronze

• Dave Steen — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Raymond Downey — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
• Gina Smith, Cynthia Ishoy, Ashley Nicoll, and Eva-Maria Pracht — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
• Andrea Nugent, Allison Higson, Jane Kerr, and Lori Melien — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
• Frank McLaughlin and John Millen — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Canada was represented by three men and one woman in Seoul.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Brenda Cuming – Preliminary Round (→ 34th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• John McDonald – 1/8 final (→ 24th place)
• Daniel Desnoyers – Preliminary Round (→ 51st place)
• Denis Canuel – Preliminary Round (→ 58th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• McDonald, Desnoyers, and Canuel – Preliminary Round (→ 16th place)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Men's 10.000 metres

• Paul McCloy
  1. Heat – 29:34.07 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Cyprian Enweani, Atlee Mahorn, Brian Morrison, Desai Williams
  • 38,93 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Carl Folkes, John Graham, Paul Osland, Anton Skerritt
  • 3:09,48 (→ 15th place)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Mark McKoy – 13,61 (→ 7th place)
• Stephen Kerho – DNF

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• John Graham – 51,33 (→ 15th place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

• Graeme Fell

1. Heat — 8:51.25
2. Semi Final — 8:19.99
3. Final — 8:21.73 (→ 11th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Guillaume Leblanc – 1:21:29 (→ 10th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• François Lapointe – 3:48:15 (→ 14th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Mike Mahovlich
  • Qualification — 69.44m (→ did not advance)
• Stephen Feraday
  • Qualification — 73.32m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Paul Just
  • Qualification — 5.30m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Ray Lazdins
  • Qualifying Heat – 57.94m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Brian Marshall – 2,22 m (→ did not advance; tied for 17th place)
• Milton Ottey – 2,22 m (→ did not advance; tied for 17th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Bruny Surin – 7,73 m (→ 15th place)
• Glenroy Gilbert – 7,61 m (→ 22nd place)
• Ian James – 7,52 m (→ 25th place)

Men's Triple Jump

• Edrick Floreal – 16,11 m (→ 18th place)
• George Wright – 16,09 m (→ 19th place)

Men's Marathon

• Art Boileau – 2:18:20 (→ 28th place)
• Peter Maher – 2:24:49 (→ 46th place)
• Dave Edge – 2:32:19 (→ 67th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Dave Steen — 8328 points (→ Bronze Medal)

1. 100 metres — 11.18s
2. Long Jump — 7.44m
3. Shot Put — 14.20m
4. High Jump — 1.97m
5. 400 metres — 48.29s
6. 110m Hurdles — 14.81s
7. Discus Throw — 43.66m
8. Pole Vault — 5.20m
9. Javelin Throw — 64.16m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:23.20s

• Michael Smith — 8083 points (→ 14th place)

1. 100 metres — 10.99s
2. Long Jump — 7.37m
3. Shot Put — 13.61m
4. High Jump — 1.97m
5. 400 metres — 47.83s
6. 110m Hurdles — 14.70s
7. Discus Throw — 43.88m
8. Pole Vault — 4.30m
9. Javelin Throw — 66.54m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:28.97s

Women's Competition

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Charmaine Crooks, Esmie Lawrence, Marita Payne, and Jillian Richardson
  • Heat — 3:27.63
• Charmaine Crooks, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne, and Jillian Richardson
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Odette Lapierre – 2:30:56 (→ 11th place)
• Lizanne Bussieres – 2:35:03 (→ 26th place)
• Ellen Rochefort – 2:36:44 (→ 31st place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Céline Chartrand
  • Qualification – 54.10m (→ did not advance)

Women's 800m

• Renee Belanger – (→ 24th place)

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Canada competed in the Baseball tournament that was held as a demonstration sport. They finished 7th.

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Classification round 5–8

Classification round 5/6

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Scott Olsen
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Washington Banian (Papua New Guinea), KO-1
  • Third Round — Defeated Wayne McCullough (Ireland), 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Michael Carbajal (United States), 0:5

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Jamie Pagendam
  • First Round — Defeated Tserendorj Amarjargal (MGL), RSC-2
  • Second Round — Lost to Kirkor Kirkorov (BUL), walk-over

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Asif Dar
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Phat Hongram (THA), RSC-2

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Howard Grant
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Andreas Otto (GDR), RSC-1
  • Third Round — Lost to Lars Myrberg (SWE), 1:4

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Manny Sobral
  • First Round — Lost to Joni Nyman (FIN), 1:4

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Raymond Downey → Bronze Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Jorge López (ARG), 5:0
  • Second Round — Defeated Norbert Nieroba (FRG), 3:2
  • Third Round — Defeated Abrar Hussain Syed (PAK), 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Martin Kitel (SWE), 5:0
  • Semifinals — Lost to Park Si-Hun (KOR), 0:5

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Egerton Marcus → Silver Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Emmanuel Legaspi (PHI), KO-1
  • Second Round — Defeated Darko Dukić (YUG), KO-2
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Sven Ottke (FRG), 5:0
  • Semifinals — Defeated Hussain Shah Syed (PAK), 4:1
  • Final — Lost to Henry Maske (GDR), 0:5

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Brent Kosolofski
  • First Round — Defeated Ahmed el-Masri (LEB), RSC-3
  • Second Round — Lost to Andrea Magi (ITA), 1:4

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Tom Glesby
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Gyula Alvics (HUN), RSC-2

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Lennox Lewis → Gold Medal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Chris Odera (KEN), RSC-2
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Ulli Kaden (GDR), RSC-1
  • Semifinals — Defeated Janusz Zarenkiewicz (POL), walk-over
  • Final — Defeated Riddick Bowe (USA), RSC-2

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Eleven cyclists, seven men and four women, represented Canada in 1988.

Road competition

Men's road race

• Gervais Rioux
• Yvan Waddell

Men's team time trial

• Chris Koberstein, David Spears, Yvan Waddell, and Brian Walton

Women's road race

• Geneviève Robic-Brunet — 2:00:52 (→ 4th place)
• Kelly-Ann Way — 2:00:52 (→ 38th place)
• Sara Neil — 2:00:52 (→ 39th place)

Track competition

Men's sprint

• Curt Harnett

Men's 1 km time trial

• Curt Harnett

Men's points race

• Gianni Vignaduzzi

Women's sprint

• Beth Tabor

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Canada in 1988.

Men's foil

• Luc Rocheleau
• Benoît Giasson
• Stephen Angers

Men's team foil

• Stephen Angers, Benoît Giasson, Danek Nowosielski, Luc Rocheleau

Men's épée

• Michel Dessureault
• Alain Côté
• Jean-Marc Chouinard

Men's team épée

• Ian Bramall, Jean-Marc Chouinard, Alain Côté, Michel Dessureault, Danek Nowosielski

Men's sabre

• Jean-Paul Banos
• Jean-Marie Banos
• Wulfe Balk

Men's team sabre

• Wulfe Balk, Jean-Marie Banos, Jean-Paul Banos, Bruno Deschênes, Tony Plourde

Women's foil

• Madeleine Philion
• Jacynthe Poirier
• Thalie Tremblay

Women's team foil

• Marie-Huguette Cormier, Madeleine Philion, Jacynthe Poirier, Shelley Steiner-Wetterberg, Thalie Tremblay

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Canada – West Germany 1-3
  • Canada – Great Britain 0-3
  • Canada – Soviet Union 0-0
  • Canada – India 1-5
  • Canada – South Korea 1-1
• Classification Matches
  • 9th-12th place: Canada – Spain 0-2
  • 11th-12th place: Canada – Kenya 3-1 (→ 11th place)
• Team Roster
  • Ross Rutledge (captain)
  • Nick Sandhu
  • Rick Albert
  • Patrick Burrows
  • Paul "Bubli" Chohan
  • Chris Gifford
  • Wayne Grimmer
  • Ranjeet Rai
  • Peter Milkovich
  • Trevor Porritt
  • Ian Bird
  • Doug Harris
  • Michael Muller
  • Pat Caruso
  • Ajay Dube (gk)
  • Ken Goodwin (gk)
• Head Coach: Trevor Clark

Women's Team Competition

The women's field hockey team from Canada competed for the second time at the Summer Olympics.

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Canada – Australia 1-1
  • Canada – South Korea 1-3
  • Canada – West Germany 1-2
• Classification Matches
  • 5th-8th place: Canada – Argentina 3-1
  • 5th-6th place: Canada – West Germany 2-4 (→ 6th place)
• Team Roster
  • Sharon Bayes (gk)
  • Wendy Baker (gk)
  • Deb Covey
  • Lisa Lyn
  • Laura Branchaud
  • Sandra Levy
  • Kathryn Johnson
  • Melanie Slade
  • Penny Cooper
  • Shona Schleppe
  • Michelle Conn
  • Liz Czenczek
  • Sheila Forshaw
  • Nancy Charlton
  • Sara Ballantyne
  • Sharon Creelman
• Head Coach: Marina van der Merwe

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Extra-Lightweight (60 kg)

• Phil Takahashi

Men's Half-Lightweight (66 kg)

• Craig Weldon

Men's Lightweight (73 kg)

• Glenn Beauchamp

Men's Half-Middleweight (81 kg)

• Kevin Doherty

Men's Middleweight (90 kg)

• Louis Jani

Men's Half-Heavyweight (100 kg)

• Joseph Meli

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Canada in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Lawrence Keyte – 4847 pts, 33rd place
• Nicholas Fekete – 4785 pts, 40th place
• Barry Kennedy – 4677 pts, 45th place

Men's Team Competition:

• Keyte, Fekete, and Kennedy – 14309 pts, 11th place

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Mark Andrews
  1. Heat – 23.44
  2. B-Final – 23.64 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Sandy Goss
  1. Heat – 50.81
  2. B-Final – 50.73 (→ 10th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Turlough O'Hare
  1. Heat – 3:55.35
  2. B-Final – 3:54.33 (→ 11th place)
• Gary Vandermeulen
  1. Heat – 3:57.99 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Christopher Chalmers
  1. Heat – 15:23.22 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
• Harry Taylor
  1. Heat – 15:30.31 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Mark Tewksbury
  1. Heat – 56.20
  2. Final – 56.09 (→ 5th place)
• Sean Murphy
  1. Heat – 56.20
  2. Final – 56.32 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Sean Murphy
  1. Heat – 2:03.81 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
• Mark Tewksbury
  1. Heat – 2:04.02 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Victor Davis
  1. Heat – 1:02.48
  2. Final – 1:02.38 (→ 4th place)
• Cameron Grant
  1. Heat – 1:05.10 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Jonathan Cleveland
  1. Heat – 2:16.87
  2. Final – 2:17.10 (→ 7th place)
• Cameron Grant
  1. Heat – 2:17.62
  2. B-Final – 2:18.36 (→ 14th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Tom Ponting
  1. Heat – 54.31
  2. Final – 54.09 (→ 7th place)
• Vlastimil Černý
  1. Heat – 54.66
  2. B-Final – 54.79 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Tom Ponting
  1. Heat – 2:00.08
  2. Final – 1:58.91 (→ 4th place)
• Jon Kelly
  1. Heat – 1:59.40
  2. Final – 1:59.48 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Gary Anderson
  1. Heat – 2:04.00
  2. Final – 2:06.35 (→ 8th place)
• Darren Ward
  1. Heat – 2:07.84 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Jon Kelly
  1. Heat – 4:24.62
  2. B-Final – 4:25.02 (→ 12th place)
• Michael Meldrum
  1. Heat – 4:31.74 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Mark Andrews, Stephen Vandermeulen, Vlastimil Černý, and Sandy Goss
  1. Heat – 3:23.85 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Turlough O'Hare, Darren Ward, Donald Haddow, and Gary Vandermeulen
  1. Heat – 7:26.28
• Turlough O'Hare, Sandy Goss, Donald Haddow, and Gary Vandermeulen
  1. Final – 7:24.91 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Mark Tewksbury, Victor Davis, Tom Ponting, and Sandy Goss
  1. Heat – 3:44.56
  2. Final – 3:39.28 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Kristin Topham
  1. Heat – 26.50
  2. B-Final – 26.45 (→ 12th place)
• Andrea Nugent
  1. Heat – 26.60 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Andrea Nugent
  1. Heat – 57.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
• Jane Kerr
  1. Heat – 57.55 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Patricia Noall
  1. Heat – 2:02.31
  2. B-Final – 2:00.77 (→ 9th place)
• Jane Kerr
  1. Heat – 2:04.92 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Patricia Noall
  1. Heat – 4:15.90
  2. B-Final – 4:14.70 (→ 13th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Debra Wurzburger
  1. Heat – 8:36.24 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Lori Melien
  1. Heat – 1:04.29
  2. B-Final – 1:03.87 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Lori Melien
  1. Heat – 2:20.45 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Allison Higson
  1. Heat – 1:09.39
  2. Final – 1:08.86 (→ 4th place)
• Keltie Duggan
  1. Heat – 1:10.95
  2. B-Final – 1:10.58 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Allison Higson
  1. Heat – 2:29.67
  2. Final – 2:29.60 (→ 7th place)
• Guylaine Cloutier
  1. Heat – 2:34.36
  2. B-Final – 2:33.55 (→ 15th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Jane Kerr
  1. Heat – 1:02.91 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
• Andrea Nugent
  1. Heat – 1:03.69 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Mojca Cater
  1. Heat – 2:13.21
  2. B-Final – 2:12.66 (→ 9th place)
• Donna McGinnis
  1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Allison Higson
  1. Heat – 2:19.54
  2. B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Kathy Bald, Kristin Topham, Allison Higson, and Jane Kerr
  1. Heat – 3:49.20
• Kathy Bald, Patricia Noall, Andrea Nugent, and Jane Kerr
  1. Final – 3:46.75 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Lori Melien, Keltie Duggan, Jane Kerr, and Patricia Noall
  1. Heat – 4:14.23
• Lori Melien, Allison Higson, Jane Kerr, and Andrea Nugent
  1. Final – 4:10.49 (→ Bronze Medal)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three synchronized swimmers represented Canada in 1988.

Women's solo

• Carolyn Waldo
• Michelle Cameron
• Karin Larsen

Women's duet

• Carolyn Waldo
• Michelle Cameron

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

• Grant Connell
  1. First Round — Defeated John Fitzgerald (Australia) 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-2
  2. Second Round — Lost to Javier Sánchez (Spain) 4-6, 4-6, 2-6
• Martin Laurendeau
  1. First Round — Lost to Anders Järryd (Sweden) 6-7, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7
• Chris Pridham
  1. First Round — Lost to Martín Jaite (Argentina) 1-6, 3-6, 2-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Jill Hetherington
  1. First Round — Defeated Ilana Berger (Israel) 6-1, 6-4
  2. Second Round — Lost to Pam Shriver (USA) 2-6, 3-6
• Helen Kelesi
  1. First Round – Lost to Gisele Miró (Brazil) 5-7, 5-7
• Carling Bassett-Seguso
  1. First Round — Lost to Nathalie Tauziat (France) 6-7, 1-6

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

External links

• sports-reference